We were told they wouldn’t negotiate with us before while talking with the Teamsters so I would assume it would be the same.

The mediator wouldn’t force them as the drivers can actually walk. Let’s go ahead and do another extension now to get ahead of it:cool:

I’d take the over on that, but I suspect Atlanta may not want to set us up to be able to legally walk a picket line while in negotiations with the weight of a Teamster strike. It’s possible I’m wrong, but it is the reason I disagreed with the last extension. Time will tell.

Also, apologies for screwing up the survey. Clearly I need to go back to APC OE.

[QUOTE=UPSFO4LIFE;4024519]Perhaps the EB can easily convince us to vote in another extension so we can wait a little longer to negotiate with the “A” Team from ATL while they negotiate with the mechanics. In the mean time don’t give any guidance or updates to the rank and file.

[QUOTE=Brown Stain;4024757]GMMs are next week.

The EB must be some crafty mofos, Jedi mind tricking 90%+ of the pilot group into YES votes on a contract extension not once - but twice.

Had we not signed the 2nd extension, we may or may not have been “parked” by UPS during Teamsters negotiations, we will never know, this was all fear mongering by the EB. One thing is for sure, we would be much further along now and maybe with a TA or CBA. We would have been very close to the finish line prior to 2976 which in the words of BT, has paralyzed the company. Yes, even with B team playing Sudoku. The most amazing thing: 90%+ of the pilot group got tricked into believing this crap.

What do you imagine the motives of the EB were for this trickery?

Misplaced idea we were going to make zero progress during that time.

That doesn't seem like "trickery" to me.